1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 9, 8:15 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 915 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001 DISCUSSION...12Z CRP SOUNDING DEPICTS AN INCREASE IN PWAT FROM 1.71 TO 2.03 INCHES DURING THE PAST 24-HRS WITH A CAPE NEAR 5000 J/KG. A DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW AROUND 25KT IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER WEAKENS WITH HEIGHT AND VEERS TO THE SW IN THE 850-700MB LAYER AND BECOMES WEST AROUND 400 MB. 360K THETA-E RIDGE EXTENDS NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ERN FA WITH A THETA-E TROF ACROSS THE WRN FA THIS MORNING. WSR-88D REF IMAGERY DISPLAYS THE DEEP CONVECTION LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL/SE TEXAS THIS MORNING..CONCENTRATED EAST OF I35 AND ALONG/NORTH OF I10. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH OF SAT AND IS ORIENTED ON A SW-NE AXIS EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF THE NW CWA BORDER TO NEAR HALLETTSVILLE (N OF THE NERN CWA). EXPECT PORTIONS OF THE FA EAST OF I37 TO HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION WITH THIS FEATURE TODAY..IN PHASE WITH THE THETA-E MAX AND HIGHEST BUOYANCY VALUES. CURRENT FCST IS IN AGREEMENT..AND WILL MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. 1-HR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE ACROSS THE CWA RANGES FROM 1.3 INCHES IN VICTORIA COUNTY..1.4 INCHES IN WEBB..1.9 INCHES IN NUECES COUNTY..AND 2.4 IN GOLIAD COUNTY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS EVENT AT THIS TIME..AND NO FFA IS IN EFFECT. BML.76 .CRP...NONE.
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel cloud reported by NWS, several spotters, and law enforcement officials. Funnel quickly dissipated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5263574.